Go the Fuck to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach's verses perfectly capture the familiar--and unspoken--tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, they open up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations, and laugh at their absurdity. (Amazon)
Adam's inspiration came one night after trying unsuccessfully to get his daughter Vivian to sleep. He updated his facebook status later that night, jokingly saying that he was writing a book called Go the F*ck to Sleep. The response from his Facebook friends was so overwhelming that he called on an illustrator friend, Ricardo Cortés, and got the independent publisher Akashic Books in New York on board to make his Facebook status a reality.
Fast forward and the book hit the number one position on Amazon one month BEFORE it was released!! Impressive and proves that many of us are ready to laugh at ourselves and the trials of having young children. It certainly isn't all puppy dogs and bunny rabbits.
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